MARCH OF DIMES | A brief history

More than 120 teams registered for Sunday’s 2013 March for Babies Walk that began at Youngstown State University, which in part recognized the organization’s 75th year and raised money for continued research and educational efforts to prevent birth defects and infant mortality. A look at some of the agency’s accomplishments:

1950s: The polio vaccine that eradicated that disease in the U.S. protects babies from polio.